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Big Dipper over Chile
Yuri Beletsky took this shot of the Big Dipper over Northern Chile.
May 3, 2017
Tulip field in Holland
Keukenhof in Holland - situated on what once were hunting grounds for a 15th century castle - is now known for its tulips. Here's how one tulip field looked a few days ago.
May 2, 2017
Milky Way over New Zealand
The core of the Milky Way is coming back into view in the evening. Here's a preview, from a glorious Southern Hemisphere vantage point.
May 1, 2017
Io’s shadow on Jupiter
Here's is Jupiter's closest moon, Io, casting its shadow on Jupiter's cloud tops. Another moon, Europa, is to the left.
April 29, 2017
Black dog, rising moon, San Juan Islands
This black dog's name is Smokey. He belongs to James Younger, who captured this photo April 19, 2017 while camping at the San Juan Islands in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
April 26, 2017
Raining stars
Although they're called shooting stars, meteors aren't star-related. They're really comet dust. Nature photographer John Ashley created this composite image of the Lyrid meteor shower peak April 22.
April 25, 2017
How our Milky Way looks from space
Composite of 2 spiral galaxies - offered in celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 27th birthday today - shows how our Milky Way galaxy might look if we were outside it.
April 24, 2017
See it! Meteors, moon, Venus photos
The Lyrid meteor shower didn't produced as many meteors as hoped, but we some lovely photos. And the moon and Venus were awesome Sunday morning!
April 23, 2017
Earth and moon between Saturn’s rings
Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn obtained this new image April 12. The craft was 870 million miles (1.4 billion km) from Earth.
April 21, 2017
Photos of close asteroid 2014 JO25
Large asteroid 2014 JO25 safely passed Earth on April 19, 2017 at some 1,098,733 miles (1,768,239 km) or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. Images from the EarthSky community here.
April 20, 2017
